Recently, the PC Version of Linelight received a new Update.

The version "1.1" adding a Speedrun Mode to all Worlds, that require to collect all Starts of a Section/the whole World and clearing it as fast as possible.

This will heavily help to create runs for the Level Leaderboards. However, single Sections don't have a Leaderboard yet as this would may flood the Tablist.

I noticed it for a few months but barely tried to analyze it further as i first throught that i may get some hallucinations. However, it seems to be true.

From what i can tell, it seems like that the loadingtimes in Spooky´s House of Jumpscares HDR are more unstable as i first throught. This barely affects the normal categories on the first view, but sums up in the duration of the run.

I actually noticed it by coincidence doing the "Karamari Hospital" Category. Unlike the Original-Game, HDR calculates the loadingtimes based on Sections instead of loading all necessary files directly on the start (since HDR is bigger, this dynamic loading is necessary).

Sideeffects: As the Memory can reuse files, the actual loadingtimes slightly improve when doing several runs in the row. However, what at the first sounds like a simply further safe, is not completely reproduceable for every system.

Systems with older Memory Technic or without "Dual Channel" Mode are affected from this since they usually have a larger timeframe to deal with, when the game dynamically loading the files first, if they are required.

For a comparision, i started to render the current WR from SeriousSean into a comperable run from me during a livestream. The link can be found here:

The actual interesting part in the given Video is the timeframe from 1:10 - End. As you can see, the loadingtimes between the WR (in the corner) and my actual run are different and the player builds up a time advantage on the doors itself, summing up in the duration of a possible run.

SeriousSean itself confirmed, that he got the time after several times, which is probably a result from the dynamic loading and reusage of files. However, during my current DDR3 Single Channel Setup, it seems to be unreproduceable to get even close to the given Time for the run, which maybe also affected other players in the category (such as the Player called "Cheats"), and also affects the other categories when it comes to bigger loads. A timesave especially occurs here, if a Specimen appears.

Unfortunally, the game´s speedrunning is to small in order to find a obvious solution for that or setting up an Autosplit which would remove the Loadingtimes between the doors. As i don't want to hear that i created this post as in frustration or something like that, i actually withdrawed my actual submitted Runs on HDR (& my Mirror where i uploaded them went down, rip Vid.me).

The new version of Linelight Mobile released in the last week finally adds the World b+, setting the game more or less to the same state as the PC/Console Version (beside the changed Level Patterns, that causes me to seperate the runs through).

However, the performance is still not the best for a mobile game, making the run itself (especially if you need to record on the phone too) very inconsistent. Using a App Emulator like Bluestacks is most likely to recommend.

Since YouTube causing several problems in the last time (and my channel hosting several Proofvideos and upcoming could get affected soon), i would ask if Speedrun.com already have a support for the Website Vid.me or if this could get added. I am not sure if the "Proof"-Field supports any kind of link and i also don't want to disturb Moderators of Games with trying that out. An "Embed" like on YT or Twitch VOD would be nice, but is not required if that takes to much effort.

Just for information-reasons..^^ The update released on the May 27th 2017 syncs the gameplay from the HD Renovation with that gameplay from the normal version, causing several changes to the gameplay mechanics.

Following changes affect the speedrun in Kalamari Hospital:

• You can now skip Monster 1's Hallway by killing the virus using the sword. This will save 12 seconds, but you need 2 seconds in order to obtain the sword in the office.

• Doing Monster 2's Chase, you now have endless stamina, which allows to sprint endless and saves around 10 seconds.

• You can no longer sprint on the basement-staircases. This costs 2x (going down and going up) 20 Seconds.

Based on that changes, the new version adds a timelose from 20 seconds in total, which makes the current runs created by me and Cheats unbreakable (may you get "Serious Sean" with some luck).

Source: http://steamcommunity.com/games/577690/announcements/detail/1268173310433394959